For nearly 10 days now, seven villages nestled in the hills ahead of Malin have lost their connection to the outside world as the only road linking them to the rest of the state was buried in the July 30 landslide.

Washed out: Debris being removed from the road yesterday. Pic/Niranjan Medhekar

Vijay Parundekar, who lives in Parunde village in Junnar taluka came to know about the villagers’ plight a couple of days back. “Earlier this week, I received a call from a villager from Chinchewadi, which is located just one kilometre away from Malin. That villager had to travel 20 km to find a phone and inform me how seven villages in the area have lost all connectivity.”